"No Name" > wrote in message
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> Elder parents....grrrrrrrrrrr
>
> Tonight my 72 yr old father is telling me how he needs a $500 malt machine
> to make a good malt. Now keep in mind he has never shown interest in
making
> a smoothie, milkshake or mexican liquado. I told him that people that buy
> malt machines when not needed have more money than brains.
>
> My father is the type of pack rat that has one of everything but only uses
> those items once in 10 years.
>
> Don't retirees think of anything else but how to squander their hard
earned
> money on junk shown on the Home Shopping Network? Especially ones that
have
> a collection of tools and gadgets that they don't currently use?
>
> Can someone please answer 3 basic questions?
>
> 1) What is the big difference in a malt vs milkshake?
>
> 2) Does Dad need a malt machine, won't a blender do?
>

AFAIK a malt is simply a milkshake with malt added. You can use a blender,
but if you want an "official" malt machine you can get the kind you see at
soda fountains for a lot less than $500.


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